Cornett v. Hardy

COE, Chief Justice.

This is a public liability' case wherein á $20,000 judgment was entered on a jury verdict in favor of appellee, a filling station operator, against appellant, a business invitee at appellee’s filling station and an employee of a truck owner for damages for personal injuries sustained by appellee while placing air in a truck tire allegedly mounted on a defective rim.

The case was tried to a jury and in answer to the special issues submitted by the court,- the jury found, first, that the rim holding the tire on a dual wheel that blew off when appellee Hardy was undertaking to…